Fence-stay-fastening tongs



(N0 Model.)

G. B. SECHRIST.

FENCE STAY PASTBNING TONGS. No. 586,697. Patented July 20, 1897.

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GEORGE B. SECIIRIS'I, OF SHENANDOAH, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H. BURKHOLDER, OF ASHLAND, OIIIO.

FENCE-STAY-FASTENING TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,697, dated July 20, 1897.

k Application iiled July 31,1896. Serial No. 601,209. (N model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE B. SECHRIST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shenandoah, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fencc-Stay-Fastening Tongs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 1o in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to means folI securing stays to fence-wires, its object being to secure a better fastening and simplify and cheapen i 5 the application thereof and it consists in the improved apparatus for applying a speciallyformed fastener to the stay-wire of fences, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View in front zo elevation, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a top plan view, of the fastener as it appears when fastened in place upon the fence-wire and stay. Fig. l is a perspective View, and Fig. 5 a side elevation, of the fastener before z5 it is applied to the fence. Fig. G isa top plan view of the clenching-tongs by means of which the fastener is applied to the fence, and shows the fastener in place. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the under side of the tongs.

;o Fig. 8 is an end view of the tongs with their jaws open. Fig. Slis a like view with the jaws closed, and Fig. lO is a side View of the jaws.

A represents the tongs; B, the fence-wires b, the stay-wires crossing the same; C, the fas- ;5 tener; c c, the free ends thereof, which lie in different planes, as seen in Fig. 5 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the bends c3 and c4 being formed near these ends to embrace one of the stay-wires o of the fence, and c2 being 4o the middle bend or bi ght to engage one of the main wires B of the fence, as seen in Figs. 3 and elf.

The tongs A comprise the arms or handles o. d', pivoted at f and terminating in jaws .5 which on one side are provided with projections d d, which nearly or quite meet in the middle line, as seen in Fig. G, and which I call the upper side of the tongs for the reason that in placing the fastener C upon the wires o it is usually hooked on from above instead of from underneath, and thus brings the bi ght c2 uppermost, although it is obvious that the fastener can be placed either side up or with the bight c2 vertical instead of horizontal, if preferred. The opposite or lower sides of the jaws are provided with projections c e', respectively, which are separated from the jaws d d by a deep groove or slot, into which the fence or stay wire is received, as seen in Figs.

(j and l0, and which shut past each other, as 6o seen in Figs. 8 and i), and in so doing catch the projecting free ends c c' of the fastener and bend them closely and snugly around the wire to the position shown in Figs. l and 2, in which it will be seen that no projecting ends are left on either side of the fence, but

a smooth, rigid, and extremely neat finish is produced. By so shaping the jaws that their internal opening is narrower at the back, as seen in Figs. o' and 7, the two hooks or bends 7o c c4 of the fastener C may be squeezed more or less together when the jaws are completely closed, as seen in Fig. which tends to draw the fastener more tightly upon the wires and to more firmly bind the stay-wire and fencewire together. It is preferable, although not strictly necessary, to slightly groove the ends of the jaws e d, as shown, which causes them to more readily and certainly catch and guide the free ends c c' of the fastener in bending 8o them.

By the use of this tongs or special tool the fastener can be grasped and pinched toits finished position with a single motion of the hand and in less than one-twentieth of the S5 time required to twist a fastener in place. To enable this to be done, it is important that the two free ends of the fastener should lie in different planes when the tongs are applied, or otherwise they would meet when the tongs 9o closed and would not only prevent the complete closing of the tongs, but would project from the fence and possibly cause injury to stock.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The clenching-tool for wire-fence-stay fasteners above described, comprising the pivoted arms having jaws which meet in the roo central line, and bending-jaws separated therefrom by a slot and which are shouldered and shut past each other to bend and olench and oiench the ends of the fastener, substzm- 1o the ends of the fastener, substantially as detially as described. scribed. In testimony whereof I hereto :Lfx my sig- 2. The cienehing-tool for Wire-fenoe-stay nature in presence of two Witnesses. 5 fasteners above desoribedomprising the pivoted arms having jaws Which meet in the Central line, and grooved bending-jaws sepal Witnesses:

GEORGE B. sEoHRisT.

rated therefrom by a slot and which are WILLIAM T. DEVOR, shouldered and shut past each other to bend WV. ALVIN XVI-UTE. 

